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Pluto Is Back in Aquarius: Is France Reliving 1789?

The last time Pluto sat in Aquarius, France had a revolution. Now Pluto is back, and France is in the streets again. Nana Sol lays the two timelines side by side.

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In Sol's words

Nana Sol here, from the Sky and Weather desk. On Saturday night, while France was in the streets, I went outside and looked up. Somewhere overhead, far too faint to see, was little Pluto, smaller than our Moon and more than five billion kilometres away.

Pluto takes about 248 years to go once around the Sun. It moved into Aquarius for good on 20 November 2024, our time, and it stays until 2043/44. The last time it sat there, from 1778 to 1798, America won its independence and France had its revolution: the Estates-General, the Bastille, the Declaration of the Rights of Man, the Republic and the Terror.

Astrologers read Pluto in Aquarius as ordinary people taking power back from the top. Astronomers will tell you a frozen world that far away doesn't push anyone into the street. Astrologers call it a clock, not a cause. You can hold both and watch for yourself.

The rhymes are hard to miss, though. Then, war debts and the price of bread. Now, public debt heading past 120 per cent of GDP and fuel up at the pump. And the Limoges city hall that burned on 17 October first opened on Bastille Day, 1883.

One big difference, love. In 1789 ordinary people had no real vote. In April 2027, they do.

So if Pluto is a clock, what would you want changed before it comes round again?

Key facts

Read and watch more: Nany Maree's video: France Is Burning? What's Really Behind the Riots

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Image and video credits

All media in the video is public domain or Creative Commons (Wikimedia Commons unless noted). Licences: creativecommons.org/licenses

  • A Versailles, à Versailles du 5 Octobre 1789 - estampe - non identifié - btv1b8410839z: Unknown artist, Public domain
  • Declaration of Independence (1819), by John Trumbull: John Trumbull, Public domain
  • Départ des femmes de la Halle, des poissardes de Paris pour Versailles, le matin du 5 octobre 1789, G.27988BIS: Du Paty, Léon, CC0
  • Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen - P809 - Musée Carnavalet: Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier, Public domain
  • NH-Pluto-GlobalMosaic-TrueColor-20150714-Released20150724: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI, Public domain
  • Ouverture des Etats-Généraux à Versailles le 5 mai 1789, G.25232: Helman, Isidore-Stanislas, CC0
  • Pluto in True Color - High-Res: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker, Public domain
  • Prise de la Bastille: Jean-Pierre Houël, Public domain
  • Vue du siège et de la Prise de la Bastille, 14 juillet 1789, D.5889: Houel, Jean, Public domain
  • Assemblée des Notables, Versailles, 1787 MET DP811940: Jean-Michel Moreau, CC0
  • Bataille de Yorktown by Auguste Couder: Auguste Couder, Public domain
  • Boston Tea Party Currier colored: Nathaniel Currier, Public domain
  • Bouchot - Le general Bonaparte au Conseil des Cinq-Cents: François Bouchot, Public domain
  • Gilbert du Motier Marquis de Lafayette - high res: Joseph-Désiré Court, Public domain
  • HerschelTelescope: Mike Young, Public domain
  • Milky Way Streaky Bay (Unsplash): Thom Schneider, CC0
  • Fête de la Fédération au Champ-de-Mars, le 14 juillet 1790, G.28173: Bulthuis, Jan, CC0
  • Paris at night, 4 July 2013: Shepard4711, CC BY-SA 2.0
  • United States Capitol - west front: Architect of the Capitol, Public domain
  • Execution of Louis XVI: Isidore Stanislas Helman / After Charles Monnet, Public domain
  • Serment du Jeu de Paume - Jacques-Louis David: Jacques-Louis David, Public domain
  • Feu de la mairie de Limoges: Wydiwye, CC0
  • Limoges - Hôtel de Ville - 01: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Blocage de l'A8 durant la manifestation du 17 octobre 2026 à Aix-en-Provence 34: Gabriel from92, CC0
  • Blocus du lycée Lamartine le 10 septembre 2025 — 02: Wyslijp16, CC BY 4.0
  • Manifestation du 17 octobre 2026 - avenue de l'Europe à Aix-en-Provence 17: Gabriel from92, CC0
  • Manifestation lycéenne du 6 octobre 2026 à Paris 62: FreCha, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Manifestation lycéenne et étudiante du 6 octobre 2026 à Paris 002: Jules*, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Panneau Prix Carburant Station Service Supermarché Intermarché Super Vonnas 1: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Station-service Hyper U Cusset 2026-04-19: Tabl-trai, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Map data: Natural Earth (public domain)

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